Doctor Andrew and Anne Wright are the Australian Founding Directors of Yotkom Uganda. They have drawn a significant sense of life direction, motivation, meaning and purpose from their personal experience of the Christian faith.
They have been challenged as followers of Jesus to respond to inequity and injustice and the needs of less fortunate neighbours in the global community.
In 2001, Andrew and Anne felt a specific call to establish a medical mission in the Kitgum District of Northern Uganda. They were shocked and saddened when they witnessed firsthand the atrocities of war, high levels of infectious disease and the impact of HIV/AIDs on children and families. A vision was birthed to bring change, by equipping and empowering more skilled and compassionate health workers and by planning the construction of a well-equipped and accessible medical facility.
Over several years, trusting relationships have been forged with health professionals and leaders in the African community. In Australia, many have come alongside to encourage and help. Andrew and Anne have discovered the power of partnering together in community to bring hope and healing into a suffering community.